Riverside Bungalows

Stuck pigs, island donuts and pushing tuk tuks...welcome to my life!

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July 1st 2005
Sabaidee! And Happy Canada Day!!! I've been in the country for just one week... and by golly, it's true. The living IS easy in Laos! I feel like I've gone from a zillion miles an hour to a snail's pace. There are no obnoxious honking horns. No kamikaze motorbikes aiming for me and no street hawkers trying to sell me anything I don't need. There aren't enough 'ills' in chill to describe this pl ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more